Its story

HIP 88816 has a visual magnitude of about 5.20: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88816: right ascension 18h 7m 48s, declination −17° 9′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88816. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88816, HD 165687, Gaia DR3 4144041389304359424. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.